1982 Paris-Toulouse TGV train bombing

The 1982 Paris-Toulouse TGV train bombing occurred on 29 March 1982 when the Organization of Armed Struggle bombed the Paris-Toulouse TGV train El Capitole on the Paris metro, killing 5 people and injuring 77. The bombing occurred two days after the expiration of an ultimatum presented to the French government by Carlos the Jackal, who demanded the release of his comrades Magdalena Kopp and Bruno Breguet; he decided to carry out a series of bombings against French targets after the French Air Force bombed a PFLP base in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, and after the government ignored his ultimatum. The TGV bombing was only the first of many attacks carried out by Carlos' group against the French government from 1982 to 1983.